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June 13, 1939. G. A. GLEASON POST Filed March 15, 1937 F'IE.2.

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G li z ueidoi'. EOEGE Liz 1460M Patented June 13,1939 2,162,301

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE POST George A. Gleason, Worcester, Mass, assignor to The American Steel and Wire Company of New Jersey, a corporation of New Jersey Application March 15, 1937, Serial No. 131,092

2 Claims. (Cl. 189-23) This invention relates to posts that are par- I claim: ticularly well suited to support highway guard 1. The combination of a metallic post consistrails. ing of a body member having a ground-engaging One of the objects of this invention is to proportion associated therewith at a spaced distance vide a sturdy, easily fabricated post that is from the bottom end thereof, the lower portion adapted to be readily anchored in the ground. of said body member disposed in a hole in the The above and fu er Objects will be made ground with said ground-engaging portion dispi a n by r f r to h f win rip= posed in the hole below the ground level and 111011 and t e accompanying d in Whiehi forced against the ground at the bottom thereof i u e 1 S a elevation o the d e 0f h as the post is driven thereinto so as to impact 10 invention; the earth at the bottom of said hole to provide F u e 2 s a e elevation, p y in Section, a firm foundation therefor, the portion of the of the devic of Figure a body member positioned below the ground-en- Figure dis a transverse sectional elevation on aging portion extending into the earth below line III---III of Figure the bottom of said hole and serving as a means 15 Refe in m e particu arly to t e drawin the for directing and guiding the post therein-to and numeral 2 indicates generally a post which infgr holding the Same temporarily i position eludes a channeled member 4 having at bodytherein so that the ground filled into said hole Portion 6 and Sides 8 and The Channeled afterwards around the lower portion of the post member 4 is-easily fabricated from a sheet of and impacted upon the top side of said ground- 20 steel, or other similar material. It will be unengaging portion 111 cooperate therewith to derstood that, if desired, the member 4 may be securely hold the t; in l c and, resist any d to p The Sides 3 and 9 Slant force tending to remove it thereforin. utwardly f m the dy-p rti n 6 s tha the 2. The combination of a metallic post consisthann l m m er 4 s r y p in ro ing of a channeled body member having substansection and functions to aid in holding itself m ny a v-sha ed cross section, and having a V- against undesired v t af Once being shaped bearing plate corresponding to the cross positioned. A p urality of h es I t are formed section of the channel portion of said body in the channeled member 4 to aid in securing a member secured therein t a predetermined highWny guard Cable, or other wire, thereto. spaced distance from the bottom end thereof 30 In ord r t fa tate an h n the p st '2, with the lower portion of said body member inaa bearing-plate iS Welded, Otherwise Secured, serted in a hole in the ground, said bearing plate between the si es 8 and 9 adjacent one end of disposed in the hole below the ground level and the post The bearing-plate ordinarily should forced against the ground at the bottom thereof completely fill the Spa-Ce Petween the sides 3 and as the post is driven thereinto so as to impact 35 as shown in the drawmgwhen the end of the earth at the bottom of said hole to provide the poet 2, Ca the fi is placed a firm foundation for the post, the portion of and driven with a few blows into the ground and the body member pusitioned below the bearing packed in with earth, the post 2 is, in most cases,

t plate extending lnto the earth below the bottom 40 suitably anchored without the use of a concrete of said hole and serving as a means for direct 40 iiiiitndie mifit fif i ttt iseii tffnen P and guiding the e h i e for i the bearing-plate l2, if the post is tobe anchored mg the same temporally therem so by other means or if the post does not need to that the ground filled 1ntosa1d hole subsequently be pnsitively anchored around the lower portion of the post and 1m- 5 While I have shown and described a specific patted p n h top s f said ri pla embodiment of the invention, it will be under- Will C p a therewith t secu e y hold the stood that I do not wish to be limited exactly post in place and resist any force tending to rethereto, since various modifications may be made move it therefrom.

without departing from the scope of the inven- GEORGE A. GLEASON. 50

tion, as defined in the following claims. 

